Saturday, January 19, 2013

Breaded Cod with Roasted Brussel Sprouts and Chocolate Mousse

I should be really lucky that I'm such a good cook. I have a baby brother, and he's always playing with the pots and pans. That's what I did when I was little. When he's older we can open a restaurant together. But, to heck with it. Let's go back to the recipe.

Breaded Cod
3 cod loin fillets
1 cup seasoned flour
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp cheaspeake bay seasoning
1 egg, beaten
1/3 cup egg whites

1. Thaw cod loins in fridge or under cold running water. Rinse and pat dry.
2. Whisk one egg then add egg whites and stir together.
3. Put seasoned flour in separate dish.
4. Lightly season both side of cod fillets with chesapeake bay seasoning.
5. Brush egg mixture onto all sides of cod. Dredge in flour.
6. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, gently place each fish fillet into the skillet. Fry for 3 minutes, then turn over. Fry for 3 more minutes then turn again. Fry for 3 more minutes.
7. Remove fish from skillet and place on paper towel lined plate.

Tartar Sauce
4 tbsp Miracle Whip
1 dill pickle spear
2 tbsp pickle juice
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
splash lemon juice

1. Chop up pickle into really small pieces. Throw all the ingredients into a bowl. Stir until looking like a tartar sauce.

Roasted Brussel Sprouts
1 package brussel sprouts
olive oil spray
salt and pepper

1. Cut off stem of each brussel sprout and cut in half.
2. Place all brussel sprouts in a pot and cover with water. Boil over medium high heat for 10 minutes.
3. Drain brussel sprouts and place on baking sheet. Spray with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
4. Cook in a 400 degree oven for 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
5. Remove from oven carefully.


Chocolate Mousse
8 ounces chocolate
6 tbsp water
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar

1. Melt the chocolate and water together over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat when melted and stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
2. Chill mixer bowl and beater in freezer. When chilled, put in whipping cream and beat on high speed until stiff peaks form.
3. Add powdered sugar and beat until mixed.
4. Put in the chocolate mixture and until thoroughly mixed together. Be careful not to over mix!!
 5. Place mixture in fridge until time to serve. Garnish as desired with grate chocolate, whipped cream or anything you decide!


10 comments:

  1. Nice job Owen! What are the circles on the dinner plate?

    ~Aunt Allison

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  2. We cheated that night with store bought crouton coated zucchini. Owen wanted to only include what he made in his blogs.

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  3. Very cool! I will definitely use this recipe soon. Good luck on you and your brother opening a resturant in the future! I see a lot of success for you in your current and later years, Owen!

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    1. Thanks, I always wanted a restaurant in my future. Thank you for reading my mind.

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  4. Hi Owen.. Grandpa checking in here .. to let you know that I shared your blog entry with some of my friends from church and they were amazed with your skills... I told them I had a very hard time staying on my diet because I wanted to plead to have some of the chocolate mousse saved just for me.. yummy... Also...I really liked your Bonus tip about cleaning the kitchen that you also shared as one of the parts in your blog entries......

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    1. Thanks, I always include at least a bonus tip every 5 blog entries.

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  5. Love that chocolate mousse Owen!Even with my food allergies I can have it :) Looks yummy Libby

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    1. I'm so glad that you can have chocolate because chocolate is really delicious and this chocolate mousse is great (in a Heaven voice).

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  6. Awesome job Owen. I'm going to try this one.

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